Raced for a while in French Touring Cars, but recently switched to endurance racing, in addition to Supertourisme and the WTCC. In 2014, he was in the the European Le Mans Series, and in 2015, was in the French GT Championship in which he remained in 2016. In 2017, he switched to the GT4 European Southern Cup and in 2018, moved into French GT's again. In 2019, he was back in GT4 and remained in endurance in 2022 From 2023 onwards he focused more on team management. Ayari, who won the 1996 French Formula 3 title, and two races in the Formula 3000 series was slightly unlucky to not have had his success a few years before when more funding was available for French single-seater hopefuls, but has taken numerous titles in touring cars, sportscars and GT racing since he left Formula 3000 to make up for it. Ayari also works as a journalist specialising in track tests and races in historic events, the latter of which he does much more frequently.

Biography last updated 6 Apr 2024